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William Farrish person

born: [1883-01-01,1884-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q19560463id: p_william-farrish_ac254a

also known as: Wm. Farrish, Bill Farrish

Probable 70%
Summary:  A western miner at Carlisle who employed Chinamen and was threatened by rustlers.
Completeness: 85/100 Grade B
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Claims (4)

employed

Chinamen for surface work building roads and running open cut1883
cited from I returned to Santa Fe a month later and… (1891) · +1 more
pecting pan. The gold was mostly coarse and very bright. The fine gold required amal- gamating. There being no quicksilver the re- maining pulp was taken to Taos, and there amalgamated. The proceeds of that sack of ore netted 937 ounces of …
Chinamen1883
cited from In the summer of ’83, soon after the estab-… (1891)
In the summer of ’83, soon after the estab- lishment of this great religious weekly, and when the paper was struggling with four or five other papers of this city for supremacy and “grub.” the writer visited Carlisle, Duncan and Clifton. That s…

owned

mine at Carlisle1883
cited from I returned to Santa Fe a month later and… (1891) · +1 more
pecting pan. The gold was mostly coarse and very bright. The fine gold required amal- gamating. There being no quicksilver the re- maining pulp was taken to Taos, and there amalgamated. The proceeds of that sack of ore netted 937 ounces of …

prepared_to

give the rustlers an interesting reception1883
cited from In the summer of ’83, soon after the estab-… (1891)
In the summer of ’83, soon after the estab- lishment of this great religious weekly, and when the paper was struggling with four or five other papers of this city for supremacy and “grub.” the writer visited Carlisle, Duncan and Clifton. That s…

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In the summer of ’83, soon after the estab-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

I returned to Santa Fe a month later and…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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